What is AvEmUpdate.exe?

AvEmUpdate.exe is part of Avast Antivirus and developed by AVAST Software according to the AvEmUpdate.exe version information.

AvEmUpdate.exe's description is "Avast Emergency Update"

AvEmUpdate.exe is digitally signed by AVAST Software s.r.o..

AvEmUpdate.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected AvEmUpdate.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on AvEmUpdate.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameAvast Antivirus
Company nameAVAST Software
File descriptionAvast Emergency Update
Internal nameAvEmUpdate.exe
Original filenameAvEmUpdate.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (c) 2014 AVAST Software
Product version17.2.3419.0
File version17.2.3419.0

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameAvast Antivirus
Company nameAVAST Software
File descriptionAvast Emergency Update
Internal nameAvEmUpdate.exe
Original filenameAvEmUpdate.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (c) 2014 AVAST Software
Product version17.2.3419.0
File version17.2.3419.0

Digital signatures [?]

AvEmUpdate.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameAVAST Software s.r.o.
Certificate issuer nameDigiCert High Assurance Code Signing CA-1
Certificate serial number07c70f7cab145bc1ed385fbe69fa3130

VirusTotal report

1 of the 61 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the AvEmUpdate.exe file. That's a 2% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
VBA32 BScope.Trojan-Dropper.Injector
1 of the 61 anti-virus programs detected the AvEmUpdate.exe file.

Other files also named AvEmUpdate.exe

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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD59cb8d4cf60b6727210821b7189f9b0ed
SHA25605aa8b52bfc3f9c661a8ead420cc47776610833bf5b1613e61a3f3ce360cdff8

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to avemupdate.exe:

avemupdate.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

avemupdate.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

Avast Emergency Update has stopped working.

End Program - avemupdate.exe. This program is not responding.

avemupdate.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

avemupdate.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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